Coal Mine Temple (Son Than Linh Tu) belongs to group 35, Minh Xuan ward, Tuyen Quang city. Mo Than Temple was built in the early twentieth century on a small hill, surrounded by verdant four-season trees, at the foot of the hill is a meandering Lo stream as a protective cover for the temple. Initially, the temple was built wedges to worship Hung Dao Dai Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan (Duc Thanh Tran), later the temple became a place to worship Mother Thuong Ngan and other gods in Mother Goddess worship of the Vietnamese people. Cause of change by:
In the early twentieth century, after placing the yoke on the land of Tuyen Quang, the French colonialists exploited minerals and plundered colonial resources. In 1915, they buried Tuyen Quang coal mine. The first owner, Becna, built a water tank, a crane, and a carriageway to carry coal. They forced workers to work hard around the clock, lack of food, sick without rest. On April 26, 1924, there was a serious accident, two tunnel doors collapsed, burying dozens of miners underground. The reason is that the mine owner designed unsafe mining. However, local people think that they have offended Ba Chua of the Green Forest, so together with many miners, they built a new temple next to “Son Than Linh Tu” to worship Mother Thuong Ngan and called it Mo Than temple (the was built on a hill near where the coal mining pit collapsed).
In the Vietnamese belief in Mother Goddess worship; Mau Thuong thousand has a particularly important position, being the ruler of the mountains, forests and thousands of trees. Her behavior is reflected in the song of chau van:
Standing on the green thousand bowls and bowls , I thought
she was about to show Quan Am Buddha.
Her hand licked her mouth. She hummed
the score multi-point with a low-pitched sound.
The gibbons on the mountain lull their babies rumbling
Under the stream, thousands of birds chirping again.
Fun about the animals at the top of the mountain.
She felt sorry for herself.
My dear father
, the more you live, the happier you are.
The three compartments are cool and relaxed.
Soon stop on the dark side of the mountain and sit at the top of the mountain.
Who knows you thousands of me?
In addition, Mo Than Temple is also a place to organize many meetings, meetings and exchanges of revolutionary cadres. On March 20, 1940, the Mo Than cell (the first Party cell of Tuyen Quang province) was established; Under the direct leadership of the cell, the revolutionary movement in the coal mine developed far and wide and strongly influenced the surrounding areas, building revolutionary establishments outside the mines such as in iron boat workers, in farmers in the areas of Soi Sinh, Soi Hong Luong, Hoang Khai, My Lam…
Mo Than Temple is located on the top of Than Son in four seasons, lined with green trees, in an area of 1407.2 m2. From the foot of the mountain, follow the paved road to the temple, both sides are shady, with black stone slabs with strange shapes. With poetic beauty and sacred fame, Mo Than temple was once entered into poetry:
Coal mine Co Be low and high
A few splendid floors hanging on a green tree In
the past, the legend has transformed
Linh from that place forever,
the Turtle cave is full of standing water with
Footprints that will remain forever….
Mo Than Temple currently has a nail-shaped architecture, including a front hall and a harem, the temple rotates in the Southeast direction. In front is a screen built of bricks. The screen is shaped like a letter book, in the middle is embossed with the word “long life”, on both sides is a stylized dragon and a period of time pattern, below is the year of inauguration of Mo Than temple (in 1935).
Behind the screen is the front hall. Three-compartment front street, area 10mx 4m, wall style of the back of the throne. On the roof bank is embossed with the shape of a dragon adoring the sun, surrounded by a load-bearing wall system made of sustainable materials. In front of the two sides, there are long-shaped windows. The architecture of the front street is quite simple; The structural members are smoothed and closed, the roof is tiled with nose tiles. Between hang sentences:
Can Khon Thanh Duc An People Dai Nhat
Nguyet God Protects the National School
The harem is adjacent to the central pavilion, with an area of 3m x 3m, tiled floor, surrounded by sustainable materials. Outside is a wooden altar 1.4m high, painted with gilded vermilion, placed an incense burner and agarwood top. Above is the hammock door embossed with the image of a dragon and a geometric pattern. Inside the altar is a wooden altar painted with vermilion and gold, above the hammock door embossed with a stylized dragon worshiping the sun and a period pattern. Inside, there is a set of statues of the Holy Mother of God: Mother Thuong Thien, Mother Thuong Ngan, and Mother Thoai. Bronze statue, 0.70m high, the same shape, female face, wearing a cap, wearing a collar, sitting in meditation posture, wearing a robe.
From the Mau temple to the right, go up the three steps to the courtyard of the temple of the Holy Spirit. Outside is the altar of Mother Ban Thien Cuu Trung. In front of the temple, there is a large black stone shaped like a dragon, surrounded by many green trees. Duc Thanh Tran Temple is a one-room architecture, built with sustainable materials, with an area of 24 m2. Outside is a place for pilgrims to worship, inside, an altar is placed, built in the style of a rolling arch. The altar is 1.5m high, built of brick, styled level. Outside, there are incense burners, incense burners, sacrifices and smart gas. The statue of Saint Tran is placed in a glass frame. The statue is 0.70m high, sitting position, wearing a martial arts hat, a face that is both firm and gentle, a long beard, wearing a court uniform, legs in splits, hands on knees. Below the altar of Saint Tran is a picture of worshiping the five tigers.
Behind the Mother Temple, through a large courtyard is the Son Trang Lord’s Floor; On the left of Ba Chua Son Trang’s floor, there is a path leading to a cave, where there is a shrine to the little girl of Mo Than. Next to the temple, there are strangely shaped stone slabs that evoke the imagination of visitors. Among them is the Turtle Cave that local people still tell each other about the legend of “God Kim Quy turned to stone”.
The story goes that: God Kim Quy saw the quarry of the king’s father and mother at Mo Than wedge temple and invited the Kinh fish in the East Sea to bring all the precious mines to the Nam Hai region. Kinh fish stood guard outside, god Kim Quy went down to the cave and when he was close to the mouth of the cave, Mr. Toad at Son Than Temple gritted his teeth and reported to heaven for the Jade Emperor. Ngoc Hoang sent Co Muoi to earth, she rode a dragon down, near where Co Muoi saw a cloudy sky with cold air flying up, she jumped down and stepped on Kim Quy god, her left foot Muoi pressed down on the god’s neck and then she caught both Kim Quy and Ca Kinh to petrify them. Co Muoi’s right foot slipped on top of the turtle’s back, which still leaves a faint trace today.
The artifacts preserved in the temple include: Seven bronze statues cast in 1923, (the seventh Bao Dai); two bronze bells of the same age; three pairs of lampstands; two bronze incense burners and three ordinations with many great characters, couplets and sacrifices.
The main festivals at the temple: Spring Festival, January 1, 2, and 3; Pen opening ceremony: January 16; Highland Feast, January 11, 12; Tuyen Quang Model Party, February 18; The Feast of the Fall, June 24; Royal Seventh Party, July 18; Tran Trieu Party, August 20; Mau Cuu party, September 9; Mr. Hoang Muoi’s party, October 10; Observation Party on November 17; Year-end ceremony, December 9; Sealing Ceremony, December 25.
Coal mine temple was classified as a provincial historical – cultural relic by the People’s Committee of Tuyen Quang province on November 19, 2007. In recent years, the government and local people have embellished and restored the temple, built protective walls, made roads to create convenient conditions for people and tourists when coming to pilgrimage and visit. temple sightseeing.
Source: Collected internet.